The Water Balloon Fight - this is simply another UFO throwing event. The prizes for the players who throw the most are:

►1st - Hippidion
►2nd - Hipparion
►3rd - Tarpan
►4th - Hyracotherium
►5th-10th - 1 x Nyx Pack
►11th-50th - 1 x Horn of Plenty
►51st to 100th - 1 x Achilles heel
►101st to 33,000th - 1x Medusa's Blood

Chances are high - this will be the next event (most likely it will start sometime after the Summer Ride ends - possibly Monday given that promos tend to start Mondays)

The Great Challenge returns to us - but with some changes. The following is a copy-paste from the Preprod topic:

The concept of this contest is to collect horseshoes with the whole community to meet the amount that will launch the Festivities. In addition, you will discover the days when certain steps are reached, a new chapter in the story of Altair, as explained on the topic of Legendary Horses.

Collection of horseshoes

The ways to earn horseshoes are reviewed. Now horseshoes are won only through the daily objectives. Competitions no longer offer horseshoes. Do not worry: the amount horseshoes was adjusted to these changes.

Objectives

There are now 3 daily objectives, rather than 6.

The objectives bring 2 times more horseshoes than before:

►Objective 1: 2 horseshoes
►Objective 2: 4 horseshoes
►Objective 3: 6 horseshoes

You now have the opportunity to complete the objectives from the 2 previous days if you have not done so.

You can validate the 3rd objective of the day with the advertising video if one is available.

Ask for help

You can ask for help to complete the third objective. It costs 5000 Equus and you can ask for help once a day. In this case your objective will be proposed to the other members of the community. It is another player who will complete your goal. However, even if you have asked for help, you can still choose to complete your own objective.

The first time you help someone during the day, you win a raffle ticket for the Festivities. Afterwards, helping other players helps launch the Festivities sooner.

*Note the community objective only appears after doing all 3 of your regular objectives. Also, note that these objectives are from EVERYONE in the community and not just your friends.

Puzzle

A puzzle is added. The puzzle consists of 12 pieces (4 x 3).

►Each time you complete 3 daily objectives, you earn a piece of the puzzle.
►The puzzle pieces are always won in the same order.
►Once puzzle is completed, you still have objectives to complete and they will earn horseshoes and not puzzle pieces.
►You get a gift for each puzzle piece unlocked. Gifts are received during the Festivities launch.

-Advantage for Festivities

You receive an advantage over the Golden Fleece depending on the number of Irons won during the Grand Challenge.

►5 = 6: 40 horseshoes
►4 = 5: 80
►3 = 4: 115
►2 = 3: 145

*This is no different than the original Buy X - get 1 free deal that came with the Titan's Challenge/Horn of Plenty from the original Great Challenge

Festivities

When the required amount of horseshoes is reached, the Festivities are launched.
The duration of the Festivities is based on the number of days that the community took to reach the goal. So: the faster you collect the horseshoes, longer the Festivities will last.

During the festivities, in the Golden Fleece, you will find pieces of equipment for the Legendary Horse Altair. There are 5 pieces. When you have them all, the horse on which you have chosen to place them will be transformed into Altair.

To learn more about Altair, please visit the topic of Legendary Horses.

►It is not possible to get the Legendary Horse in reserved sales after opening a certain number of Golden Fleece.

►VIP retain the possibility to obtain pieces of equipment in the Golden Fleece during the Grand Challenge if they wish.

►It is no longer possible to give a raffle ticket to a player who has not finished (or abandoned) the tutorial.

Pictures:


The prize list for the puzzle - you get 1 prize per piece, and they are given out in order from top to bottom (so if you only collect 3 pieces - you'll only get 5x aging points, 1x helios' ray, and the Red and Blue 2** Saddle cloth. If you get all 12 pieces - you'll get all 12 prizes*


An example of the objectives you might get (with community objective shown)

How many Legendary Horses are there are there?

There are going to be 5 Legendary Horses in total. While the full details are only known on one of them at this time - we do have pictures of the other four:

Altair *see below for more information*

Bucephalus

Amira

Zaldia

Tormenta

*Note, all names of the other 4 are taken from the URL of the image and may or may not be correct.
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How do they work?

Legendary horses are very similar to Divines in how they work. They can not breed, can not be sold, offer a perk to their owner, do not count for EC Prestige, and can only enter One regular competition a day - but unlimited Divine competitions.

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How do I get one?

You need to collect the 5 pieces of Legendary tack and give the tack to a Normal horse. Once the horse has all 5 pieces - it will transform into the Legendary horse! However - keep the following in mind when choosing a horse:

1. The horse you give a Legendary tack item to will no longer be able to be sold *even with just 1 item*

1.5 - once you give a horse a Legendary Tack item - you can not give additional legendary tack items to a different horse until you finish your current horse

2. Once you give a horse all 5 pieces - it will 'transform' into Altair/the current legendary - just keep in mind that:

a. The horse will lose any items it has on it - but gain/keep a Philosopher's Stone *all other items are lost and can not be recovered*
b. A stallion with any unaccepted covering offers - will have those coverings canceled
c. If you are using a Mare who is pregnant - she WILL lose the foal
d. Your horse's skills will double *this is trained skills only - not genetics*
e. The horse's birth date will change to the date of transformation
f. The breeder's name will change to your name
g. The affix the horse has will be lost (but you can then apply your own)
h. The horse's species will change to Riding Horse - regardless of what it was before (so if using a Unicorn - it will no longer be a unicorn, etc.)

3. You can transform any species of horse you like - however, you can not transform:

Divines
Wilds
Any horse *regardless of species* who is wearing Poseidon Tack

All of this is similar to how the transformation of Junior Croesus works (ex. the Junior Croesus is deleted and you are given a Croesus in its place...Except in this case, the skills will reflect that of the horse you transformed - but be doubled...but all other information about the horse will be lost))
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How can I get the tack?

You can get the tack by:

Winning it from Great Challenge Puzzle *Only if you complete all 12 puzzles - and you only win 1 piece*
Once the festivities start (or before hand if you are a VIP) - by finding it in the Golden Fleece
In the Lottery once the festivities start *all 5 pieces is the Jackpot for this*
By purchasing a 'Altair Pack' *other than knowing that there is a pack - we known NOTHING else about it (so the cost, look, etc. is all unknown and will not be known for awhile)
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You keep mentioning Altair and said there's more info on him - who is he?




*Please note - this is Ow's Altair. This is NOT a true indication on how your Altair will be - your Altair's information will be the same as whichever horse you choose to transform on your account into him (except the Trained skills of your horse will double)

Here's a before and after shot of a horse I transformed to give you a better understanding:

BEFORE

*note his trained skills and other things about him (the affix, age, etc)


Giving a piece of tack *note the warning that his current equipment will be lost, and that he will no longer be sell-able*

AFTER

*Note the change in birth date - the fact he can now wear my affix, and that his trained skills have doubled BUT his genetic skills remained the same.
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I don't like Altair's tack/specialty/background/coat - can I change it?

Tack = No.
Specialty = Yes, but only if the horse you transformed is still within the age bracket to be changed (3 to 5 years)
Background/Coat = No.
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In a few other spoilers about these Legendary Horses - I've seen this thing called the Star of Immortal Power, what's that?

Star of the immortal power

*this is a shot of the Legendary Horses page that will show in the directories once they go live

When a horse becomes a legendary horse, you receive the branch of a star. Each branch can only be obtained once. For example, if you turn 2 horses Altaïr, you will receive only one branch of the star.

When you have collected the 5 branches of the stars (and therefore get the 5 legendary horses), you can activate the star.

Upon activating the star, all horses owned by the player receive the Star of immortal power bonus, which gives them +10 in each skill. The star can only be activated once.
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So according to the Star of Immortal Power - I can get more than one Altair?

Yes, provided you can collect the 5 pieces of Legendary tack again, you can get as many as you want (you just won't get additional pieces of the star).

To add; Altair's perk is not cumulative - so you can not get an extension from more than 1 Altair in a day

If we give a horse 1 piece of altair's tack, will it turn into him or does it have to be all pieces of tack?

The horse does not turn until it has all 5 pieces. Less than 5 pieces just works as normal tack.

Did this work?????

When does The Water Balloon Fight start?

Sometime between now to weeks from now. The chance is high though that it could start as early as Monday *given that promotions usually start on Mondays*

I really didn't like the gift handout during the lottery. It seems like good prizes have gotten more rare to get. Even with 400 tickets, the best prize I got, and I got this every time with high ticket numbers, was a Harmony Pack. Then tack and equus and food, maybe the occasional WOY or Medusas Blood. I have an average of 15 tickets per lottery by just buying and receiving from friends. Hopefully I get lucky then since I didn't have much luck on prepod with 80 tickets even.

The water balloons are the same as regular UFOs so they are based entirely on luck However someone who spends 8+ hours a day on the game is much more likely to catch more balloons than someone who only plays for 20 minutes

for Altair, what does it mean drink twice in the same day?